Today, Sprint and Samsung Mobile has just officially announced the launch of an affordable and compact Samsung Seek mobilephone. It’s a fashionable and fun messaging on-the-go device which has an easy-to-use and customizable menu style that provides access to your favorite features and apps.

Samsung Seek features a slide-out full QWERTY keyboard, 2.6-inch intuitive touchscreen display with 240×320 resolution, built-in 256MB of storage with support for microSD card, 128MB of RAM, 1.3 megapixel of camera, standard 3.5mm headphone connector, Bluetooth, and lot more.

According to the official press release:

“Samsung Seek offers Sprint customers the best messaging features and multimedia favorites in a compact and stylish design,” said Omar Khan, chief strategy officer for Samsung Mobile. “Seek provides easy customization and quick access to favorite applications and functions, and features prepaid recyclable packaging that makes mailing your old mobile phone to be recycled simple and convenient.”

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Samsung Seek – Specifications

• 2.6-inch, 262K TFT, touchscreen display
• Full QWERTY slide-out keyboard
• 1.3 megapixel camera
• Built-in 256MB storage memory
• microSD card supports up to 32GB card
• Supports up to 600 phone book entries
• Music Player
• Speakerphone
• Voice recognition

Samsung Seek – Features

Entertainment / Personalization

• Instant access to social networking sites, such as Facebook, Twitter and MySpace
• 1.3 megapixel camera
• Built-in music player with microSD card slot (supports up to 32GB)
• Customizable menu system
• Three exciting color options – cool blue, scarlet red and fantasy pink
• Access to corporate and POP3 e-mail, including AOL, Gmail, Yahoo! and MSN/Windows Live Hotmail
• Downloadable games and applications

Productivity

• Slide-out, full QWERTY keyboard
• Text messaging (SMS) and Multimedia Messaging (MMS) support
• Web browser capabilities
• Automatic speech recognition
• Sprint Picture Mail
• Dedicated keys for quick access to popular applications
• Contact and calendar sync
• Wireless Backup to restore contacts if the device is lost, stolen or damaged

Samsung Seek – Availability and Pricing

This latest Samsung phone comes in three exciting colors that is, cool blue, scarlet red, and fantasy pink. It is currently available for purchase in cool blue and scarlet red colors for $29.99 with a new two-year service agreement after a $50 mail-in rebate.

This phone is expected to be available in Fantasy Pink color by the beginning of June.